Sejanus: Almost the Roman Emperor

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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +221

    If you need people to trust you: bit.ly/2SJJHa1

    • @Tia-Marie
      @Tia-Marie 5 років тому +3

      So much awesome swag. My new favourite

    • @ashishmishras6225
      @ashishmishras6225 5 років тому +1

      Please A Make Video On Bajirao And Battle Of Palkhed Where Bajirao Defeated Nizam Of Mughal Empire Without Fight A War But Only Stratgey.He Won 40 Battles Across India And Consiterad As Greatest Cavalery Leaders Of Asia In 18th Century.Please Make A Video Love From India

    • @感恩-k4t
      @感恩-k4t 5 років тому +1

      Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598)
      Next please. =D

    • @oddish2253
      @oddish2253 5 років тому

      Bravure, Vice, and Messiah

    • @86godhand
      @86godhand 5 років тому +2

      Amazing. I love the history

  • @juanjuri6127
    @juanjuri6127 5 років тому +827

    One of the accounts of Sejanus's downfall was that Tiberius sent him to the Senate, where he was given a letter to read on Tiberius's behalf to the Senators. The speech started off as the usual mundane affairs of state, but mid-sentence changed into a denunciation of Sejanus and an order for his execution. Sejanus was thus tricked into dictating his own death sentence, and the Senate eagerly lynched him on the spot.

    • @zachgravatt5571
      @zachgravatt5571 5 років тому +98

      Surely he’d stop reading before starting to his own death sentence ahaha

    • @dakkefernet8585
      @dakkefernet8585 5 років тому +50

      Made up drama.

    • @Aradim90
      @Aradim90 5 років тому +82

      @@zachgravatt5571 Wouldn't matter, stopping mid sentence would have also been suspocious

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 4 роки тому +59

      @@dakkefernet8585 Romans were the emperors of drama. Why do you think we know so much about them?

    • @dakkefernet8585
      @dakkefernet8585 4 роки тому +6

      @@JonatasAdoM I totally agree🥂

  • @caesarplaysgames
    @caesarplaysgames 5 років тому +937

    This guy was playing Crusader Kings II before CKII was a thing.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +258

      With a high intrigue skill.

    • @caesarplaysgames
      @caesarplaysgames 5 років тому +140

      Kings and Generals Yeah he was an Elusive Shadow for sure.

    • @Nihoolious
      @Nihoolious 5 років тому +37

      Plot power 109%

    • @dialaskisel5929
      @dialaskisel5929 5 років тому +49

      Diplomacy 20
      Martial ???
      Stewardship ???
      Intrigue 40
      Learning ???
      Elusive shadow with either Master Seducer or Master Schemer, Paranoid, Lustful, Greedy, Envious, Proud, Ambitious, Cruel, Cynical, Deceitful, (possibly scorpio?), and Probably lover's pox.
      Paradox, plz nerf.

    • @kopro2428
      @kopro2428 5 років тому +17

      @@dialaskisel5929 You forgot "Shrewd".

  • @Mattyhollis
    @Mattyhollis 5 років тому +920

    The early Roman Empire suffered a series of setbacks which really impacted it's stability. The death of the majority of Augustus' intended heirs, Germanicus' murder and Sejanus' scheming all hindered the stable Julio-Claudian succession and the subsequent reigns of Caligula and Nero annihilated it completely.

    • @Mattyhollis
      @Mattyhollis 5 років тому +106

      @@HaraKiriMaxir Augustus' choice to seek a successor by heredity, rather than by adopting quality people.

    • @meinraddreizacker5845
      @meinraddreizacker5845 5 років тому +23

      Max Rensch I say the fact that he practically ignored his wife’s scheming to put her favorite on the Imperial Throne.

    • @VineFynn
      @VineFynn 5 років тому +17

      That it was vulnerable to permanent damage from such basic political intrigues says more about its shortcomings than any promise it might've had

    • @Sealdeam
      @Sealdeam 5 років тому +51

      @@Mattyhollis Curiously during the whole principate period, the imperial office only passed from biological father one of his sons three times, Vespasianus to Titus, Marcus Aurelius to Commodus and Septimius Severus to Caracalla, the results most of the time were pretty bad only saved by the fact that Titus' short reing was promising which is compensated by the fact that Domitian, his successor, was considered ,alongside Caracalla and Commodus, as one of the most tyranical emperors of this period ,the pattern almost repeats itself in each case, a competent or good emperor is followed by a son that shows some of the worst traits not only as ruler but as human being.

    • @JustyHakubi
      @JustyHakubi 5 років тому +17

      Just remember it was only the collapse of the West.

  • @vguyver2
    @vguyver2 5 років тому +301

    So happy you guys finally did this guy. Still I think you guys missed a really critical detail in his rise to power and downfall.
    Sejanus and the Pretorian Guard functioned like a modern KGB for Tiberius. Having gained the trust of the empereror, he effectively took over most of Tiberius's spy network. It got pregressively worse as Tiberius was isolated from politics and public life.
    Once Tiberius left Rome to an island seclusion, Sejanus had cut off all valid intel and reports from Tiberius, keeping him in the dark with false information as he subverted imperial power. He became brazen in his actions and sloppy, he thought Tiberius wouldn't be able to learn of his gradual power grab. What he didn't count on was that someone still managed to leak real information instead of the lies being reported to the island. Tiberius immediately took action and revenge.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +47

      That is an interesting comment, thanks!

    • @qus.9617
      @qus.9617 5 років тому +16

      Makes one wonder if the retreat was a subterfuge from the beginning.

    • @vguyver2
      @vguyver2 5 років тому +5

      @@qus.9617 An interesting angle.

    • @vguyver2
      @vguyver2 5 років тому +7

      I agree since it's not what people think of when thinking of the Pretorian Guard. People don't often realize the Pretorian guard gathered confidential Intel for the emperor as one of their functions, it's not what they're famous for.

    • @indiciaobscure
      @indiciaobscure 5 років тому +1

      Cool comparison!

  • @InspectHistory
    @InspectHistory 5 років тому +186

    We always loved, when K&G channel created this kind of "Animated Historical Documentary" content :)

  • @FlashPointHx
    @FlashPointHx 5 років тому +431

    ‘Almost emperor’ is like coming in fourth in the olympics. You’re good at what you do buuuuut you missed it by that much

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +45

      Always open to title suggestions :-)

    • @FlashPointHx
      @FlashPointHx 5 років тому +40

      “The man who would be emperor”, “in the shadow of greatness,” or how about the Homer Simpson “Doh!!!”

    • @lennydale92
      @lennydale92 5 років тому +17

      Judging by the amount of deaths from the Imperium I would think it better to remain "almost '. Unless you get cocky like Sejanus did.

    • @FlashPointHx
      @FlashPointHx 5 років тому +13

      I guess it depends on the personality of the person at stake. You don’t get this high up the chain without some degree of crazy ambition. Sometimes power becomes a drug one can’t ignore

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 5 років тому +4

      @@KingsandGenerals To quote an infamous secret agent: "Missed it by THAT much."

  • @doggo2481
    @doggo2481 5 років тому +84

    This is a Hollywood worthy movie. 10/10 would watch it. Again, thanks for this incredible story, Kings and Generals. Another "little known" story came into light because of you.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +8

      Thank you for watching!

    • @doggo2481
      @doggo2481 5 років тому +6

      @@KingsandGenerals well, thank you for making such wonderful videos. No regrets since the day I subscribed to your channel. Bless you and your team!

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      Happy to produce art for this audience sir, thanks for watching 👍

    • @everett.debree
      @everett.debree 2 роки тому

      Looked for this comment. Definitely deserves to be a big budget film.

    • @eddieandrew782
      @eddieandrew782 2 роки тому +2

      it is featured as part of i, claudius

  • @eyuin5716
    @eyuin5716 5 років тому +238

    Interesting fact, Sejanus was the one who appointed Pontius Pilate to the Prefectship of Judea. The same man who adjudicated on the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.

    • @njujuwd3495
      @njujuwd3495 3 роки тому +46

      @@randomlygeneratedname7171 it's the same Pilatus, Jesus would have been born during Augustus' reign (31 BC to 14 AD) and died while Tiberius' was princeps (14 to 37 AD)
      Pilatus indeed was appointed on Sejanus' request to be prefect in Judea (26 to 36 AD) and ordered the crucifixion of Jesus in 30 or 31 AD.

    • @njujuwd3495
      @njujuwd3495 3 роки тому +4

      @@randomlygeneratedname7171 that's the way it is, altough I gotta say, times certainly are quite interesting still.
      The world changed and so did we, just the means by which people compete in power changed.
      But aswell, the future is uncertain, who knows, maybe there will be another time of Kings and Prophets?

    • @evanlee6644
      @evanlee6644 2 роки тому +2

      @@njujuwd3495 Kings hopefully

    • @njujuwd3495
      @njujuwd3495 2 роки тому +2

      @@evanlee6644 I hope for neither but yeah, would probably be the better option.

    • @tiberiuscave4617
      @tiberiuscave4617 2 роки тому +1

      That is just a theory based on the assumption Pilate was driving an anti-semitic plot and accepting the highly rethorical claim that Seianus was an anti-semitic himself found in Philo. Be as it may be, there's no concrete evidence Seianus appointed Pilate.

  • @nikolak4225
    @nikolak4225 5 років тому +427

    When you have +20 intrigue in Crusader Kings 2

    • @ignaerium487
      @ignaerium487 5 років тому +5

      xD

    • @shadymerchant1198
      @shadymerchant1198 5 років тому +48

      but your final plot to kill the emperor and take his place gets found out resulting in your imprisonment and execution

    • @HamzaPKR
      @HamzaPKR 5 років тому +1

      More like 50 haha!

  • @UpcycleElectronics
    @UpcycleElectronics 5 років тому +75

    16:19
    I like the scrolling tile mosaics effect over the map of the Mediterranean. Cool touch. It ties one of the most tangible and colorful artifacts we have available today with the stories of the era.
    Plus such mosaics are usually associated with bathhouses/water works. The wider metaphorical implications haven't gone unnoticed, especially in the context of this documentary with the intrigue surrounding Tiberius, Capri, and the legendary Roman bathhouses. Well done.

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      thanks alot my friend

  • @michaelbarrett3229
    @michaelbarrett3229 5 років тому +340

    Portrayed by the great Patrick Stewart in the series “I, Claudius.”

    • @hasnan7
      @hasnan7 5 років тому +28

      That show is based on a book of same name and is one of the greatest book about Roman Empire. My favorite fictional history book.

    • @hasnan7
      @hasnan7 5 років тому +41

      Also as a side note Germanicus was the most famous and beloved Roman who never got to be the emperor. Some historians said that he was even more beloved than Augustus himself and if he wanted, he could have marched on Rome with Rhine legions unopposed

    • @mlovecraftr
      @mlovecraftr 5 років тому +2

      The first thing I thought about too when I saw the title

    • @sherk3286
      @sherk3286 5 років тому +7

      @@hasnan7 Caesar was pretty beloved by the masses, himself. The Patricians hated him tho

    • @mercian7
      @mercian7 5 років тому +2

      @Michael Barrett..Yes thats riggghhhhhhhhhtttttt..the "great"(undemocratic remoaner, liberal luvvy, living in the USA) Patrick Stewart.

  • @PaperclipClips
    @PaperclipClips 5 років тому +235

    Lucius Aelius Sejanus - the "Littlefinger" of Rome

    • @joey199412
      @joey199412 5 років тому +36

      Littlefinger was inspired by Sejanus according to Martin himself.

    • @logi4840
      @logi4840 4 роки тому +12

      His death was also as dramatic as Sejanus's one

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 4 роки тому +1

      @@joey199412 His books also used the War of Roses as inspiration.

    • @dawarrior95
      @dawarrior95 3 роки тому

      Was going to say same thing!

    • @samuelademeso9041
      @samuelademeso9041 3 роки тому +5

      @@garretth8224 Martin was inspired pretty much by history of the world

  • @dashsocur
    @dashsocur 5 років тому +27

    I read an interesting theory a few years back that Pontius Pilate of New Testament fame was a protege of Sejanus. One of the problems that some historians have with the New Testament account is the assertion that Pilate was afraid of the Jewish leaders given his documented heavy-handiness on other occasions. The about face makes sense, however, if it happened in the middle of the witch hunt following Sejanus' downfall. In that sense, the infamous phrase "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar" takes on a whole new meaning.

  • @markgannon7713
    @markgannon7713 4 роки тому +6

    I think the narrator in these episodes is excellent , clear and precise. These are excellent in quality and told in a way so.that Roman history is very accessible. Thank you to all who work hard to produce these videos for this great channel.

  • @colinmcewen9512
    @colinmcewen9512 5 років тому +13

    I love this animation style! Its way cooler than video game footage because it helps tell the story in the way comic books do. Well done!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +2

      Good, there will be more of that!

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      Thanks alot my friend

  • @westbethkid
    @westbethkid 2 роки тому +10

    Great video! Those interested in dramatic depictions of Sejanus---there are two versions: A 70s production "I Claudius" which recounts the lives of the first Emperors. Episode 6 and 7, and Sejanus is played by PATRICK STEWART!
    The second one is a 60s production in black and white--"The Caesars" I forget who played Sejanus, but he is great also.

  • @r13hd22
    @r13hd22 5 років тому +5

    Fantastic video for one of my favorite characters from the Tiberius period. You did him justice.

  • @jesso.4971
    @jesso.4971 5 років тому +84

    Tiberius enacting a law that strictly forbade anyone from disturbing his quiet is a mood. I feel you Tiberius.

  • @alecsis882
    @alecsis882 5 років тому +14

    Very beautiful work people, and I must say, that new map of the Roman Empire...ah, is just great! It is increasingly harder to find my words for this, but you really are born for what you do, and the content is not just art, it represents something beautiful. It is a wierd feeling I have when I watch them, not because I am a history enthusiast, but I just feel, I CAN LITERALLY TOUCH, the effort, passion and simple joy you put in it. Thank you for doing this!!!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +3

      Thanks for watching :-)

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      Thanks alot for your kind words. I actually feel the same way while I draw maps, icons, and art. K&G team is very dedicated and work professionaly so the scripts, voiceover, sound and video edit, all parts are done by people who are true history fans. Thanks for watching.

  • @Liquidsback
    @Liquidsback 5 років тому +277

    Sejanus was actually killed by "The Spartan" in Athens but due to his studies in Necromancy he came back to life. Little did we know he wasn't working for Tiberius but Ares.

  • @nikolak4225
    @nikolak4225 5 років тому +501

    Mongols protecc
    Mongols attacc
    But most importantly
    They don't get their envoys bacc

    • @sherk3286
      @sherk3286 5 років тому +33

      That's why they attacc after all

    • @hamarbiljungskile8953
      @hamarbiljungskile8953 5 років тому +21

      Yeah, I'm starting to think some of those "they killed our envoys" were bullshit invented to justify the attacks.

    • @khalee95
      @khalee95 5 років тому +2

      @@hamarbiljungskile8953 they would have ask nicely for a surrender if there was no envoy before bringing destruction.

    • @KofteG61
      @KofteG61 5 років тому +13

      @@hamarbiljungskile8953 I think there was at least one instance where the envoy was acting like assholes on purpose and trying to provoke an attack.

    • @hamarbiljungskile8953
      @hamarbiljungskile8953 5 років тому +1

      @@KofteG61 Really? Which one?

  • @lordrosemount
    @lordrosemount 3 роки тому +8

    Nowadays Sejanus is perhaps most famous for having been played by Sir Patrick Stewart in 'I, Claudius'. While reading my Masters in Ancient History at St Andrews, my tutor in Greek and Roman Warfare (sadly only a theoretical class) brought up the performance with some enthusiasm. His thesis was that when Sir Patrick later went on to play Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek episode 'Chain of Command', in the scene where he was brought up for release after his torture in front of the Cardassian gul, his performance directly echoed what he did as Sejanus at the moment he was arrested.

  • @MrAlexkyra
    @MrAlexkyra 5 років тому +52

    16:54 - Claudius and Tiberius' young grandson Gemellus were still alive, although the latter was murdered by Caligula shortly into his reign. Claudius alone survived because he was seen as a harmless simpleton and cripple by the rest of his family, which may have been an act that he played to stay alive in the murderous cesspool of a royal family that was the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

    • @gustavoritter7321
      @gustavoritter7321 Рік тому +1

      It is kind of crazy to think that such a mentally untable family was descended from Augustus and Livia Drusilla, two of the most lucid people of their generation. Something went wrong somewhere

  • @swagathshetty
    @swagathshetty 5 років тому +177

    why didn't Sejanus initiate Order 66 ??

    • @dragonniz
      @dragonniz 5 років тому +7

      LOL, gold

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +2

      low tech I assume. You need to send ruuners to the praetorian clones at the exact same time for good effect 😁👍

    • @SebAnders
      @SebAnders 5 років тому +2

      He tried to but I am loyal to the emperor and so is Legio DI.

    • @lyonvensa
      @lyonvensa 3 роки тому

      because he's not the senate

  • @ivanmiletic7454
    @ivanmiletic7454 5 років тому +54

    When will the next Ceasar in Gaul video be uploaded? Really looking forward to that one!

  • @TomHarper1997
    @TomHarper1997 5 років тому +2

    The production quality of your videos is breath taking!

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому

      thanks alot!

  • @charlesdeleo4608
    @charlesdeleo4608 Рік тому +2

    I love this video! Anyone who’s read the book or watched the television series “I Claudius” will know all about Sejanus.

  • @HVLLOW99
    @HVLLOW99 5 років тому +36

    I remember this sleezy, ambitious, selfish power hungary Praetorian Prefect from The History Of Rome Podcast by Mike Duncan.
    Some of the worst purges in Roman history happened here...SOME.

    • @HVLLOW99
      @HVLLOW99 5 років тому +5

      XGolden LightningknightX
      Elagabalus was is tied with Nero Caligula & Commodus for most incompetent leaders.
      Domitian should is the best of the worst in my opinion he wasn't that bad.

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 5 років тому +1

      @XGolden LightningknightX
      Oh Nero's not so bad. Here in the UK we have named a big coffee shop empire after him. I don't know what their fire insurance premium is.

  • @OttomanHistoryHub
    @OttomanHistoryHub 5 років тому +8

    I really love the new animations guys! Would love to see a Emperor Claudius video in this series:)

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      thanks alot my friend

    • @Yugioh_Turk
      @Yugioh_Turk 5 років тому

      @@otgunz Çizimlerin çok güzel

  • @lodevijk
    @lodevijk 5 років тому +2

    I like the new animations for the slap to the face, burst of fire, and so on. They look really nice.

  • @Armorius2199
    @Armorius2199 5 років тому +7

    The artwork is amazing!

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      thanks alot my friend

  • @nava93s
    @nava93s 5 років тому +2

    Everything about the Roman Empire is interesting. This video was perfect!

  • @grantrobinson5046
    @grantrobinson5046 5 років тому +1

    I look forward to these videos every week, to everyone working to produce this awe-inspiring art I thank you profusely.
    Keep up the work,
    Your loyal fans

  • @MrExoticSnow
    @MrExoticSnow 5 років тому +1

    I have never heard about him. And that's why roman history is so beautiful. There is always something new to learn.

  • @historycenter4011
    @historycenter4011 5 років тому +3

    Loving the artwork.

  • @gapavds6393
    @gapavds6393 4 роки тому +30

    If Sejanus had came to power as the Princeps, he would have ended the Republican Principate and created a Military Dictatorship with sejanus himself as Dictator.

  • @jonathanberumen9573
    @jonathanberumen9573 5 років тому +2

    Wow! This was an amazing video and I'm so intrigued with the politics around the early Imperial times! Please make more videos like this!

  • @Xandergre
    @Xandergre 5 років тому +1

    Ahhhh.. Rome 2 music.. Fits the subject perfect and as always the result is great!! Keep it up lads!!

  • @carljosephfriedrich8919
    @carljosephfriedrich8919 5 років тому +2

    Nice. The graphics/illustrations fit in really well.

  • @ross9570
    @ross9570 5 років тому +4

    Awesome video as usual! Learning so much from these! Thanks!!

  • @Killjoy97_
    @Killjoy97_ 5 років тому +6

    Ok i love it. Now make one for Stilicho the Vandal

  • @nicholasroberts8378
    @nicholasroberts8378 3 роки тому

    Currently doing my senior thesis on Caligula and loved reading about Sejanus plotting

  • @Xaviar_St.Thomas
    @Xaviar_St.Thomas 5 років тому +5

    Wow … this is some serious in depth history !!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +1

      Thanks!

    • @Xaviar_St.Thomas
      @Xaviar_St.Thomas 5 років тому +3

      Kings and Generals
      Thank you … so much!!
      I’ve studied the power struggle & transition from Tiberius to Caligula but up to now I’ve never heard of this player. Let alone seen the background moving parts.
      This awesome post …
      It’s truly fascinating and provides missing parts of the puzzle that I never knew of !! Sir … I salute you and your in-depth work !! I’m truly Awestruck!!
      Wow … just … Wow !!

  • @jake2.035
    @jake2.035 5 років тому +1

    Fantastically well made. Such much love for this channel and it's creators. Keep up the great work.

  • @RC15O5
    @RC15O5 5 років тому +3

    Strange that I never heard about Seianus, then again the dynastic path from Octavius to Caligula is a confusing one so thank you for help clarifying it. Now, who was "more insane", Caligula or Justin II? That is, if being more insane than another insane person is even a thing.
    Love the art direction in this! Great job, love to see this channel grow.

    • @TheDarthbinky
      @TheDarthbinky 5 років тому +1

      If you think Caligula and Justin were crazy, wait till you hear about Elagabalus...

    • @RC15O5
      @RC15O5 5 років тому

      @@TheDarthbinky I rank Elagabalus with Nero and Justinian II as being mentally disturbed, Elagabalus and Nero both being disturbed and evil. Justinian II sought vengeance against those that wronged him and were involved in his mutilation and exile, while he was loved by the people until he overreached his autocratic caesaropapism yo the people outside Hellas and Asia Minor when he messed with the Patriarch of Old Rome too many times (he was also like Pres Trump in that he made great successes that were hindered only by his shooting himself in the foot all the time).
      As for Justin II, the man was stark raving mad and even had cooks prepare prisoners for him to eat while in his bouts of madness and when he returned briefly to sanity he hated himself, he was a poor tortured soul who raged against his servants for appeasing his wishes during his states of madness, likewise would viciously hurt anyone who disagreed with him while he was in the madness. His last moment of clarity was his abdication of the throne to his adopted son Tiberius II, afterwards he was chained (long chains for moderate mobility) in a locked up wing of a palace where one would hear his violence (clawing walls and jumping around) and shrieking until the day he died.

  • @charleshistoire_pzkpfw
    @charleshistoire_pzkpfw 5 років тому

    It's very nice to see having the original intro. with its captivating music in the documentary video... :)

  • @Churhli
    @Churhli 5 років тому +1

    Another superb video. Can’t wait for the next one

  • @Milagrospy
    @Milagrospy 5 років тому +1

    Wow, the graphics are amazing! Great job!

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      thanks alot my friend!

  • @Casavo
    @Casavo 5 років тому +2

    Ah splendid work!

  • @testthis7745
    @testthis7745 5 років тому +2

    Really enjoyed the new animation

  • @tg1982
    @tg1982 5 років тому

    Excellent video. Intriguing story that I've never read/hear before. Thanks for your awesome work!

  • @aldiboronti
    @aldiboronti 5 років тому +6

    I'd hardly call Sejanus unknown although it sucks that the parts of Tacitus' Annals covering his fall from power are lost. I think the crafty Tiberius knew what he had created all along and made sure to crush him when he became too big for his boots.

  • @davidbrelu-brelu7118
    @davidbrelu-brelu7118 5 років тому +1

    This is better than House of Cards and Game of Thrones combined. Great job from the Kings and Generals team

  • @Nikoyew
    @Nikoyew 5 років тому

    One of the best I have watched in this channel, and all of the movie are excellent!
    Gonna help you with my next pay check, such an amazing content.

  • @paperbagperson5634
    @paperbagperson5634 4 роки тому

    The music after the intro is beautifuly haunting

  • @unleashingpotential-psycho9433
    @unleashingpotential-psycho9433 5 років тому +4

    Amazing information! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @VoxFelis
    @VoxFelis 5 років тому +1

    Amazing video. One of your best.

  • @hugobertrand1032
    @hugobertrand1032 5 років тому +6

    The story of Sejanus would make for an awesome TV Show.

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 5 років тому +1

      Hugo Bertrand.
      It's been done. With Patrick Stewart.See comments above.

  • @ch0cap1cas
    @ch0cap1cas 5 років тому

    This video is amazingly well made ! very good design around the following of the events !!

  • @jensphiliphohmann1876
    @jensphiliphohmann1876 Рік тому +3

    You forgot to mention the cruel handling of Sejanus' children after his downfall.

  • @tamasharbula3317
    @tamasharbula3317 5 років тому +2

    great work, thank you

  • @nathanaelsallhageriksson1719
    @nathanaelsallhageriksson1719 5 років тому +3

    Damn, this should be made into a movie, or series.

  • @shubhransudaswp9820
    @shubhransudaswp9820 5 років тому +1

    Atlast after so many days ❤️✌️ wondefull. please do make more videos more frequently

  • @vinodvarghese78
    @vinodvarghese78 5 років тому +1

    Good video. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @alecpresley1329
    @alecpresley1329 5 років тому +12

    Thanks for this documentary, Sejanus is one of the cruelest person who taste his own medecine ,
    but i felt sorry for his children ( my native tongue is french)

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 5 років тому +2

      Alec Presley
      It's rather like the way Stalin hunted down and killed Trotsky's children. Worse really since the children of Sejanus were really young.

  • @adzsrulz
    @adzsrulz 5 років тому +15

    Rome season 3 anyone!?!? How have I never heard this story before!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +14

      Right? They should have just continued with it.

  • @name0220
    @name0220 5 років тому

    And I just started the show I, Claudius again. I'm on the Tiberius arc right now. I love Patrick Stewart in the role of Sejanus, he does the role huge justice.

  • @494949david
    @494949david 5 років тому +1

    I feel like the narrator of this channel could say anything and it would still sound epic

  • @furkan3191
    @furkan3191 5 років тому +1

    Hello,
    I love your channel and videos. Thanks for the efforts of contents improving by days!
    can we see other language subtitles in future ?

  • @ajavierb2078
    @ajavierb2078 5 років тому +3

    Great video

  • @loszhor
    @loszhor 5 років тому +4

    The bigger they are the harder they fall. Great vid! I did always wonder what happened to Nero's wing man.

  • @tiberiumateiu3873
    @tiberiumateiu3873 5 років тому +19

    I would suggest the book called "Tiberius the emperor who didn t love Rome" by Antonio Spinosa

  • @andrewanderson5948
    @andrewanderson5948 2 роки тому

    Roman history is like a beautiful play.

  • @marcelomosca2343
    @marcelomosca2343 5 років тому +1

    Excellent! Thanks.

  • @historicaladventurevideos
    @historicaladventurevideos 5 років тому +3

    Awesome as always. Love this animation.

  • @AhmedIbrahim-gj3nh
    @AhmedIbrahim-gj3nh 5 років тому +36

    Is this the Sejanus who got killed and thrown into the River Tiber

  • @heavenwatcher100
    @heavenwatcher100 5 років тому +13

    Sejanus: I am the Emperor!
    Tiberius: Not yet.

  • @OttomanHistoryHub
    @OttomanHistoryHub 5 років тому +1

    I know this might be a little off topic but, the story of Suleyman and Hurrem would be perfect for this type of video. It would go really nice with the other Ottoman series you guys are doing too.

  • @JahRandom
    @JahRandom 4 роки тому

    I love reading the primary texts from..well any time in history really...But particularly ancient history and of course Roman stuff is always especially interesting. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations or Caesar's chronicles of his time warring against the Gauls are always classics that I highly recommend to any out there who are even remotely into Roman history. I really wish I spoke classical Latin so I could read them as they were written as opposed to translations of them.
    This all tangentially relates to the video simply in that the mention of Sejanus' letter to Tiberius made me think, "hm that sounds like a good read".

  • @HxH2011DRA
    @HxH2011DRA 5 років тому +44

    The lesson here is "It is better to be impetuous than cautious, for fortune is a woman, and it is necessary, if you wish to keep her down, to beat her and knock her about. And one sees that she lets herself be conquered by men of this sort more than by those who proceed coldly. And therefore, like a woman, she is always the friend of the young, because they are less cautious, fiercer, and command her with more audacity." - Niccolo Machiavelli

    • @mogyesz9
      @mogyesz9 5 років тому +7

      A truly stunning quote

    • @zaboomafool1911
      @zaboomafool1911 5 років тому +4

      Niccolo Macchiavelli sounds like he's speaking from experience. But is it not possible to wine and dine fortune?

    • @HxH2011DRA
      @HxH2011DRA 5 років тому +1

      @@zaboomafool1911 You asking the real questions Matt my boy. As an Epicurean, I'll have to test it out and report the results to ya later

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      true classic 👍

    • @silverdeathgamer2907
      @silverdeathgamer2907 5 років тому +2

      @@ministryoftruth8499 Not everyone is obsessed with triggering people or being triggered. -_-

  • @Tia-Marie
    @Tia-Marie 5 років тому +48

    You mean "Patrick Stewart" XD
    Sorry couldn't help myself, after "I, Claudius" I'll never unsee Sejanus as "young Patrick Stewart with hair"

    • @sodadrinker89
      @sodadrinker89 5 років тому +3

      Even then he was wearing a wig.

    • @Ktsquare2008
      @Ktsquare2008 5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/7ADx7k3D-zc/v-deo.html

  • @mathieug6136
    @mathieug6136 5 років тому +2

    Wow that was interesting!

  • @freemikeg
    @freemikeg 5 років тому

    Awesome absolutely amazing be still my beating heart!!! I got goosebumps!

  • @josephoroz3785
    @josephoroz3785 5 років тому

    Always wanted to know more about Sejanus.

  • @dullsearake
    @dullsearake 5 років тому

    Great video. I, Claudius is one of the best books ever written.

  • @santtuahola325
    @santtuahola325 5 років тому +1

    This was very good video

  • @Drunkenst3v3
    @Drunkenst3v3 5 років тому +1

    Love this, I didn't know any of this before, please do continue to make more content like this.
    Beautiful video. Does Oğuz Tunç have his own channel or website where I can see more work like this?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому

      You can check out his Instagram! instagram.com/otgunz/?fbclid=IwAR0m1ygKcvsp1SVN7_G42DmdDBmOi9GVJ7GnPn-XThAkLjfl3dYidPinzug

    • @otgunz
      @otgunz 5 років тому +1

      Yes my friend I just have my official instagram. And thank you.

  • @occamsrazr9128
    @occamsrazr9128 5 років тому +5

    Even though he lost, he won in a way. Fascinating character.

  • @ciararoper4148
    @ciararoper4148 5 років тому +6

    Very interesting, I dont think I knew of this character to be honest

  • @1pacozcz
    @1pacozcz 5 років тому +1

    this could actually be amazing tv series!

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 5 років тому +51

    *You get a wreath! You get a wreath! You get a wreath!*
    *EVERYONE GET’S A WREATH!*
    - every dead Emperor

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye 5 років тому +1

      You get French fries! And you get French fries! BUT YOU DON'T GET NO FRENCH FRIES! -- Strong Bad

  • @Hahaa99
    @Hahaa99 3 роки тому +3

    Sejanus’s letter to Tiberius was the beginning of his downfall. Tiberius must have realised Sejanus was over stepping because he was already related to the imperial family through his sisters marriage to Claudius.
    And the crazy thing, after this debacle Sejanus might have been engaged to Livilla and Drussus’s daughter showing the true extent of his ambition.

  • @connorgolden4
    @connorgolden4 5 років тому +10

    It’s a damn shame that all of Augustus’s original heirs died.

  • @nodogsonsunday
    @nodogsonsunday 5 років тому +2

    this video was damn good

  • @vasiliykolebanov845
    @vasiliykolebanov845 5 років тому +2

    Interesting topic. It's my first time so early in a video. Yey. :D

  • @adaw2d3222
    @adaw2d3222 5 років тому +7

    It's like Crusader Kings 2.

  • @Ethesto
    @Ethesto 5 років тому

    It feels like the machine is taking over his voice more and more every video.

  • @9xprincess
    @9xprincess 5 років тому +1

    Whoa so fascinating but also tragic.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 років тому +2

      Thank you!

    • @9xprincess
      @9xprincess 5 років тому +1

      Kings and Generals Ah, thanks for the like and comment.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 5 років тому +13

    Grand Moff Tarkin himself